No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

The destinies of the two races in this country are indissolubly linked together, and the interests of both require that the common government of all shall not permit the seeds of race hate to be planted under the sanction of law.

Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country.

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.